Meanings
plural tolerations
- countableobsoleteuncountableEndurance of evil, suffering etc.
- countableuncountableThe allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
- countableuncountableSpecifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 86
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintolerātiōnem
- Middle Frenchtoleration
- Englishtoleration
From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“to tolerate”). Compare tolerance.
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